The recent inquest into the suicide of Isaiah Adekunle Olugosi at Wormwood Scrubs revealed critical failures in the prison's communication systems. Despite his wife's desperate attempts to alert staff about his mental health crisis, both the intercom and phone lines were non-functional. Assistant coroner Richard Furniss criticized the long-standing neglect of the systems, concluding that such failures pose an ongoing risk to inmate safety. The case stresses the need for improvements in prison emergency communications to prevent future tragedies, highlighting a systemic issue that needs urgent attention.
The intercom system at Wormwood Scrubs was broken for several years, which prevented a wife from alerting staff regarding her husband's impending suicide.
Assistant coroner Richard Furniss noted that there is a distinct risk of future deaths unless immediate action is taken by the prison governor.
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